5 gifts I’m asking for this holiday season to help me organize my life next year

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Just because the Insider Picks team is hard at work coming up with gift guides to help you pick out the perfect present for the people in your life doesn’t mean we forgot to make lists for ourselves.

I might not give my mom a handwritten list for Santa anymore (I type and mail one directly), but there are a few items I have on my "want" list, just in case a relative asks. 

These days I’m into more practical gifts, and use the holiday season to ask for things to help me get started with a pre-planned New Year's resolution; but that doesn’t mean they’re not fun. Below, you’ll find ways to make your kitchen more efficient and take life a little slower. 

Having trouble figuring out what to get people for the holidays? You can check out all of Insider Picks' 2017 gift guides here.

Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor

I’ve become a die-hard believer in meal prep and this food processor makes chopping, slicing, and dicing large volumes of vegetables, cheese, or anything else easy and quick.

Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor, $188.95, available at Amazon

Field Notes notebooks

For years, I refused to write anything down on actual paper, relying exclusively on my phone’s notes app and my computer. But in an attempt to take a little step back from technology, I’m interested in getting some notebooks, and I'm very interested in Field Notes. The notebooks I want come in packs of three, can fit in your pocket, and should be thick enough to hold weeks' worth of my stray thoughts.

Monument Fountain Pen

Because I’m not one to jump into a new venture or hobby without heavy research and the right tools, I’d like to pair my new notebooks with a nice fountain pen. Pilot already makes my favorite roller ball pen, and its Metropolitan fountain pen is supposedly one of the best ones in its price range.

Pilot Metropolitan Collection Fountain Pen, $13.07, available at Amazon